Picture of The Week
This week's pictures feature two sets of shots from the Jun Akiyama
vs. Kenta Kobashi match from 07/11/96; these are two of my favourite
wrestlers ( picture one, picture two).
I've also included the lead-in shot from Weekly Gong's coverage of
Hulk Hogan's turn.
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- The WWF has In Your House on Sunday. Line up for this show has:
* Bret Hart vs. Sid for the WWF Title
* Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith vs. Razor Ramon & Diesel for the WWF
Tag Titles
* Marc Mero vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley for the IC Title
* Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind
* Steve Austin vs. Goldust
* Flash Funk vs. Leif Cassidy
- WCW has Starrcade on 12/29/96. Tentative line-up features:
* Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper
* Scott Hall & Kevin Nash vs. Barbarian & Meng for the Tag Titles
* El Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko for the J Crown
* Eddie Guerrero vs. Diamond Dallas Page for the US Title
* Madusa vs. Akira Hokuto for the Women's Title
* Lex Luger vs. Giant
* Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Jushin Liger
* Chris Benoit vs. Jeff Jarrett
- Nitro beat RAW on 11/25 with a 3.1 rating (4.6 share) against a 2.1
rating (3.1 share). Nitro's two hour broadcast rating is averaged. The
detailed ratings are a click away.
- The PPV buy rates of the past six month (year or so) show that the
WWF has an average buy rate of 0.53 (0.65) and average gross of
$1.39-million ($1.69-million), while WCW has an average buy rate of
0.60 (0.57) and average gross of $1.82-million ($1.69-million). The
details are an interesting read.
- The WWF has the Royal Rumble on 01/18/97. Tentative line-up has:
* Royal Rumble, which will include some AAA wrestlers
* Shawn Michaels vs. WWF Champion for the WWF Title
- NWO has a PPV on 01/25/97.
- WCW has SuperBrawl on 02/23/97. Tentative line-up has:
* Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper for the WCW Title
- WCW has Uncensored on 03/16/97.
- The WWF has WrestleMania on 04/20/97. This date may have changed to
late March.
- The WWF has In Your House on 05/11/97.
- The WWF has King of The Ring on 06/08/97.
- The WWF has In Your House on 07/06/97.
- The WWF has SummerSlam on 08/03/97.
- The WWF has In Your House on 09/07/97.
- The WWF has In Your House on 10/05/97.
- The WWF has Survivor Series on 11/09/97.
- The WWF has In Your House on 12/07/97.
- Videos: I have posted something about the availability of videos. If
you missed it, I'll send it to you in e-mail upon request.
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Thanks to: Masaki Aso.
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